Do You Know This Police Chief?

The La Grange Park Police Department is looking for your help in tracking down a number of police chiefs from the history of the department. 

In a village newsletter this month, the department asked residents if they could identify the police chief pictured above, or if they had pictures of a number of past chiefs that the department was not able to pull from its archives. 

According to Allyson Rackow, the department's best bet is that the man pictured above is either P.L. Hooker, from 1921; James L. Henry, from 1927; or E.L. McConaughty from 1931.

"We're just not sure," Rackow said. "We think we have a good idea, but it would help if someone could recognize the photo."

In addition, the department is seeking photos of a number of other police chiefs that they can't find photos for in their archives, including:

• Charles Smith – 1892
• T.W. Hoover – 1894
• Edward Colwell – 1897
• A.C. Wallen – 1898
• James Crawley – 1902
• H.C. Weseman – 1903
• Fred Meyer – 1907
• Presley L. Hooker – 1915
• I.H. Gunkelman – 1916
• F.D. Troup – 1918
• C.E. Rolf – 1919
• P.L. Hooker – 1921
• James L. Henry – 1927
• Edward L. McConaughy – 1931
• Norman A. Korfist - 1953

If anyone has a photo of one of the men listed above, or if they can tell the department who the man in the photo is, residents can call Rackow at 708-352-7711 ext. 203 or email her at arackow@lagrangepark.org.